# God Bless the Grateful Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676 "2002-11-25T15:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/1 "2002-11-25T15:29:44Z")
The Other Ones, comprised of the surviving Dead members and a few others from their extended family, are on tour. Last night I caught their show at the Spectrum in Philly. In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139086&highlight=grateful+dead), I asked people what they thought might be played, and I promised to tell 'em all about it when it was done. Well, I have no voice. And I want to get the complete setlist off [dead.net](http://dead.net) before I give an actual review, but lemme tell ya - It was GREAT. It was a lot like the old days, which did surprise me. They played a lot of “Jerry” songs, too. It was a wild, raucous time, a lot of fun. Didn’t much like Robert Hunter trying to sing during intermission, but that’s why we have an intermission. 😉 Anyway, as soon as I get the full set list, I’ll go into more detail about it. Should be soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/2 "2002-11-25T17:23:39Z")
I am going to the Palace of Auburn Hills (suburban Detroit, where the Pistons play) show this coming Saturday! I am looking forward to Robert Hunter’s set. I saw him in Ann Arbor a few years ago, and I really like his solo acoustic takes on the songs he wrote the lyrics to. Oh, and isn’t my user name a total giveaway that I am a Deadhead? ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/3 "2002-11-25T17:42:39Z")
MSG tomorrow. Saw them in Albany last week. I thought that they sounded better than they did in the mid 90’s. I’m praying for Unbroken Chain. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/4 "2002-11-25T17:51:54Z")
Since I presume the reason for a name change was that without the late Jerry Garcia, they couldn’t really claim to be the same band, I was disappointed that the remaining Dead members didn’t tour as The Living Dead, and call their tour the “Night of the Living Dead” tour. No, I haven’t seen 'em, but I’m not a big concertgoer. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/5 "2002-11-25T18:07:20Z")
I gotta tell ya… If you’re a fan of Hunter as a musician, maybe you’ll love it. But to me, he just screwed up the songs. Most people were outside when he performed, I think. But he DID do “Ripple.” ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/6 "2002-11-25T19:15:48Z")
jehovah68: I finally got to hear my first live Unbroken Chain at Pine Knob this summer, done by Phil and Friends! One that I would love to hear is Robert playing Phil Ochs’ “Crucifixion.” I have really been listening to a lot of Ochs lately, and this song is one of my favorites. I hear that he has played it in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/7 "2002-11-25T21:42:23Z")
I’ll be there tomorrow at MSG. Looking quite forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/8 "2002-11-30T02:40:32Z")
I thought I’d wait until the list was online so I didn’t have to rely solely on my memory… [Set list](http://www.phillesh.net/philzonepages/friends_stuff/setlists/021124.html) from November 24, 2002, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia Set 1: Jam \> Liberty \> \*Cosmic Charlie \> \*Queen Jane Approximately \> %Hoy for You Baby \> Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl \> Caution: Do Not Stop on Tracks \> Jack Straw Set 2: @Uncle John’s Band \> \*@Playin’ in the Band \> \*@Scarlet Begonias \> \*@Fire on the Mountain \> Drumz \> Space \> +Mister Charlie \> \*I Know You Rider \> \*Midnight Hour Encore: The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion) - with [Susan Tedeschi](http://www.susantedeschi.com/) - Susan sang lead @ Bob on acoustic % first time (I guess “Hoy” should be “Hot” - I’m taking it directly from Phil’s site. Never heard it before) It was an inspired performance, one of the best I’d ever seen - although I hadn’t seen them a LOT in the day. Very energetic when it was supposed to be, and the Scarlet\>Fire combo was excellent, as was the Uncle\>Playin’. Also a fantasic cover of In the Midnight Hour. And I was a little surprised to see them do Golden Road as an encore. Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/9 "2002-11-30T03:26:47Z")
Albany was great, MSG was even better. Not having back-to-back-to-back shows at the same venue prohibits a more definitive opinion of the band. However, I noticed something in Albany that I couldn’t quite put my finger on - after hearing Good Lovin’ at the close of the first set at MSG I realized what it was. Susan Tedeschi. Vocally, the band had a more melodic sound to my ears. Lovelight to close the show was simply fantastic (w/Warren Haynes & Derrick Trucks). Plus, the Shakedown in NYC - “don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart” - perfect. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/10 "2002-11-30T03:30:03Z")
Susan Tedeschi - much, much better than Donna Jean. ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-grateful-dead/138676/11 "2002-11-30T21:16:59Z")
> [@](#): > > God Bless the Grateful Dead You mean the “Dreadful Grate”?